Barry Collins has been a technology writer and editor for more than 20 years. He covers new developments in PCs, Macs, gaming and more, including the CrowdStrike crisis.
He was assistant editor of The Sunday Times’ technology section, editor of PC Pro magazine and has written for
Vanguard Down As Global Stock Market Crisis Continues
The Vanguard website is showing error messages following the ongoing turmoil in global stock markets this morning.
5 ChatGPT Image Prompts That Deliver Great Text Effects
Find out how to use ChatGPT's revamped image generator to create book covers, custom T-shirt designs and more
Now You Can Talk To Otter’s AI Agent During Meetings
Otter launches a trio of new AI Agents, including one that can answer voice questions live in your business meetings.
Would You Have Your Eyeball Scanned Just To Play A Video Game?
Razer teams up with Sam Altman's iris-scanning World ID to launch a system that aims to prove gamers are really human.
Backblaze Issues Fix For Crippling Mac Backup Error
Backblaze issues a workaround for "bzfileids.dat is too large" error message that was preventing Macs from backing up.
‘The Sims 4’ Rival ‘inZOI’ Brings ChatGPT-Style AI Characters
Nvidia's AI character technology will let inZOI players prompt "smart" characters in the same way as ChatGPT, when the game launches later this month.
Barclays Down Again As U.K. Banking Pain Continues
Barclays bank customers in the U.K. are once again having problems making or receiving payments as the bank's app goes down.
Outlook Mail Down For Two Days On iPhone
Problems were first reported early on March 4, with users unable to send or receive emails using the Mail app that’s built into iOS.
Is ‘Civilization VII’ Too Easy? Here’s How To Toughen It Up
If you're finding it easy to score victories in Civilization VII, even at the highest difficulty setting, here are ways to make the game harder.
‘Civilization VII’ Updates To Bring Big Changes In March
New leaders, civs and wonders join a host of gameplay changes in two big updates to Civilization VII scheduled to arrive next month.